Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Mahara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Mahara has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Mahara is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Mahara[4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 83,989 64.43% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 38,407 29.46% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 5,547 4.26% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,407 1.85% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 130,350 99.11% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,166 0.89% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 131,516 83.81% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 156,924 1,751,892 15,992,568
Party Mahara[5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 64,314 53.43% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58% NDF 55,334 45.97% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28% Other Parties (with < 1%) 733 0.61% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 120,381 99.05% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,154 0.95% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 121,535 81.32% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 149,453 1,680,263 15,585,942
Party Mahara[6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 69,085 65.85% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 34,807 33.18% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,013 0.97% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 104,905 99.40% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 629 0.60% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 105,534 78.42% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 134,581 1,505,363 15,734,587
Party Mahara[7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 56,759 59.51% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 37,772 39.60% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 849 0.89% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 95,380 99.06% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 901 0.94% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 96,281 78.89% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 122,039 1,390,691 14,136,979
Party Mahara[8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 46,703 58.69% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 27,771 34.90% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 3,941 4.95% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,159 1.46% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 79,574 97.78% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,809 2.22% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 81,383 75.56% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 107,701 1,247,860 11,965,536
Party Mahara[9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 46,494 66.98% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 21,935 31.60% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 985 1.42% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 69,414 98.49% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,064 1.51% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 70,478 71.85% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 98,091 1,164,625 11,158,880
Party Mahara[10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 30,305 51.60% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 26,024 44.31% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 2,407 4.10% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 58,736 98.76% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 735 1.24% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 59,471 74.40% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 79,936 985,206 9,283,143
Party Mahara[11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 25,853 48.07% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 25,580 47.57% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,952 3.63% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 393 0.73% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 53,778 99.23% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 418 0.77% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 54,196 82.54% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 65,660 849,896 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Mahara has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Mahara is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Mahara[14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 54,362 49.70% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48% UNP 45,446 41.54% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77% JVP 8,603 7.86% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 979 0.89% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73% Valid Votes 109,390 95.86% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 4,646 4.07% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 114,112 76.35% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 149,453 1,637,537 15,044,490
Party Mahara[15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 55,327 66.69% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 20,387 24.57% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 7,027 8.47% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 226 0.27% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24% Valid Votes 82,967 95.44% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 3,925 4.52% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 86,932 64.59% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 134,581 1,506,969 14,097,690
Party Mahara[16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 47,558 54.98% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 27,012 31.23% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 11,194 12.94% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 734 0.85% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62% Valid Votes 86,498 96.15% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 3,448 3.83% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 89,962 76.35% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 117,826 1,327,145 12,909,631
Party Mahara[17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 37,499 44.05% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19% UNP 34,904 41.00% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62% JVP 11,262 13.23% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,458 1.71% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54% Valid Votes 85,123 96.42% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 3,158 3.58% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 88,281 78.01% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 113,172 1,285,973 12,428,762
Party Mahara[18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 40,884 50.17% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 30,031 36.85% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 7,489 9.19% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03% SU 1,983 2.43% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,098 1.35% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71% Valid Votes 81,485 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Mahara[19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 43,413 58.88% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 29,173 39.56% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04% SLPF 1,149 1.56% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 73,735 96.49% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,685 3.51% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 76,420 77.91% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 98,091 1,167,469 11,163,064
Party Mahara[20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,310 50.29% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 25,361 45.05% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 2,112 3.75% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54% Other Parties (with < 1%) 513 0.91% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 56,296 95.54% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,631 4.46% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 58,927 75.36% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 78,192 969,658 9,374,164
Demographics [ edit ] Ethnicity [ edit ] The Mahara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (93.9%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Mahara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [1]
Ethnicity in Mahara[1]
Other (0.6%)
Religion [ edit ] The Mahara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (84.9%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Mahara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [1]
Religion in Mahara[1]
Other (0.7%)
References [ edit ]